Two new species of Pseudohadena, Pseudohadena anatinesp. n. and Pseudohadena gorbunovisp. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) are described from Ustyurt, Kazakhstan. Illustrations of adults and the genitalia of both sexes are provided. Microstructures of vesicae are described and illustrated. A diagnostic comparison is made with Pseudohadena evanida psammoxantha Ronkay, Varga & Fábián, 1995, Pseudohade...

The taxa of the Polymixis serpentina (Treitschke, 1825) species-group are revised. The external and genital features of all known taxa and a new species, Polymixis ivanchikisp. n. (Lebanon, Israel, Turkey and Iran) are described and illustrated. Polymixis serpentina iatnana Hacker, 1996, is treated here as a species distinct from Polymixis serpentina (stat. n.). A diagnostic comparison of the m...

The small Noctuidae genus Bombyciella Draudt, 1950, is revised, based on type-material of its only two known species, Bombyciella talpa Draudt, 1950 and Bombyciella sericea Draudt, 1950. Bombyciella antra sp. n. from southwest China is described as a new species close to B. talpa, the type-species of Bombyciella. B. sericea is found to be different in most characters, not congeneric with B. tal...

The genus Loxopamea Hreblay & Plante, 1995 (Noctuidae, Xyleninae: Apameini) was erected by Hreblay & Plante (1995) with type species Loxopamea albitracta Hreblay & Plante, 1995, comprises seven known species with very restricted range in Himalayan–Sino-Pacific subregions. Recently a detailed revision of the tribe Apameini, including the genus Loxopamea was elaborated by Zilli et al. (2009). Tax...